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package org.zoundry.gaedt.services.applications.starters;

import org.eclipse.debug.core.ILaunch;
import org.zoundry.gaedt.services.applications.IZGaeApplication;


/**
 * This interface is responsible for starting a Google App Engine
 * application in development mode.
 */
public interface IZGaeApplicationStarter
{
    /**
     * Gets the application that was used to create this starter.
     */
    public IZGaeApplication getApplication();
    
    /**
     * Starts the application.
     */
    public void start();

    /**
     * Starts the application in debug mode.
     */
    public void startDebug();

    /**
     * Stops the application.
     */
    public void stop();

    /**
     * Returns true if this starter matches up with the given application.
     *
     * @param aApplication
     */
    public boolean matches(IZGaeApplication aApplication);

    /**
     * Returns true if this starter matches up with the given launch.
     * 
     * @param aLaunch
     */
    public boolean matches(ILaunch aLaunch);
}
